GI & Endoscopy

A patient of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against Olympus in regards to the recent carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae outbreak linked to contaminated duodenoscopes, according to a Bloomberg Business report. Here are three things to…

Anthony J. DiMarino Jr., MD, is chair of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology and director of the Celiac Center at Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. He is also the William Rorer Professor of Medicine at Jefferson. He is board-certified…

Boston Scientific Senior Vice President David A. Pierce sold 11,958 shares of Boston Scientific stock on the open market on Feb. 19, according to a WKRB report. 

Here are nine recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America have released a joint statement in the wake of recent reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections associated with duodenoscopes.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has offered Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences $9 million in tax credits if the company creates at least 750 jobs and capital investment of $26 million by 2020, according to a Milwaukee Business Journal report.  

Check-Cap, an Israel-based capsule endoscopy company, has announced the closing of its initial public offering of two million units and a private placement of two million units.

Kenneth R. DeVault, MD, is a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. He is president-elect of American College of Gastroenterology and certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

RD Biomed is planning to launch a study in China to assess the effectiveness of its Peptest, a diagnostic device for reflux disease.

Gastroenterologist Amar S. Naik, MD, has joined Loyola University Health System, based in Maywood, Ill.